Mr. Koovakada manages operations for Orlando Health’s South Central region alongside the system senior executive team, leading strategic and operational direction for the hospitals and health campuses within. He has extensive healthcare leadership experience, encompassing patient care, quality enhancement, operational and financial management, and building leadership teams. Shortly after joining Orlando Health, Mr. Koovakada opened the Orlando Health Emergency Room–Reunion Village, welcomed the Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute to the Health Central Hospital campus, and expanded offerings to the community for oncology, neuroscience and general surgery. He recently served as a key contributor to the March 2024 opening of a new state-of-the-art multispecialty surgical oncology suite and the May 2024 opening of a new epilepsy monitoring unit, both on the Orlando Health–Health Central Hospital campus. He has also been integral to nurse retention, and his team has created a nine-month volunteer program for college students with the aim of driving recruitment after graduation.
